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TIL the night before the Challenger launch, Roger Boisjoly, the engineer who'd first predicted the disaster 6 months earlier, begged managers not to launch. Boisjoly later testified, and developed PTSD after being ostracized and fired from his job. The only person who comforted him was Sally Ride.

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0M7p TIL that Jim Croce’s first album was financed by a $500.00 wedding gift from his parents. The money came with one condition; Jim must use it to make an album. His parents rationale? Jim would surely fail and thereby abandon his dreams of becoming a professional musician to get a “real job”.
x6AB7 TIL bees are the only known species other than humans that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers.
jNLjQ TIL that Mark Twain wrote the very first novel that was ever written with a typewriter. That novel was Tom Sawyer
OoXVa TIL that alcohol is the most dangerous drug to withdrawal from, that hundreds die every year attempting to quit cold-turkey, and that despite this, Alcoholics Anonymous actively discourages people from using any kind of medical intervention.
9wMaX TIL Despite being the Heavyweight Champion of the world, Tyson Fury was not allowed to eat in a restaurant in the UK in 2016 because gypsies were not allowed